| Iowa High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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401 Miller Avenue ,, 70647 United States | |
| Coordinates | 30°14′43″N93°01′01″W / 30.245316°N 93.016877°W /30.245316; -93.016877 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | "Empowering all students to achieve" |
| Established | 1919[2] |
| School district | Calcasieu Parish School Board |
| Principal | Luke Dietz |
| Staff | 75.33 (FTE)[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,051[1] (2023-2024) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.95[1] |
| Color(s) | Purple and gold |
| Athletics conference | District 3-3A |
| Mascot | Yellow Jacket |
| Nickname | Yellow Jackets |
| Yearbook | Yellow Jacket |
| Website | [1] |
Iowa High School is a junior and senior high school (grades 6–12) inIowa, Louisiana. It is a part ofCalcasieu Parish Public Schools.
One of the earliest schools in the Iowa area was located on the LeBleu family farm near the Chloe community in the mid-1880s,[3] around the time Seaman A. Knapp, president of theIowa State College of Agriculture, was working to demonstrate the suitability of the region for rice production.[4] The modern Iowa High School was founded in 1919,[2] and the first modern, brick school building in Iowa was constructed in 1920.[5] To accomplish this, theCalcasieu Parish School Board in December 1919 sold $15,000 in bonds to The Hanchett Bond Company ofChicago.[6]
The Iowa Yellow Jackets compete in Class 3A of theLHSAA.[7]
In April 1965, the city'sLions Club proposed a resolution to the school board to dedicate the IHS football stadium to Jesse Edwin Cady, a longtime school board member who represented the area and who had died the previous month. The resolution passed unanimously.[8]
Wide receiver Curtis Deville became the first football player in school history to sign with aPower 5 conference athletics program when in 2021 he signed a letter of intent to play football atPurdue University, a member of theBig Ten Conference.[9] Andre Sam, adefensive back who initially played atMcNeese State University in nearbyLake Charles, would eventually transfer toMarshall University before finishing his college career atLSU of theSoutheastern Conference.[10]
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